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to scare someone half to death

Polish translation: szkoda, że tylko "prawie"

13:09 Feb 21, 2012

English to Polish translations [PRO] General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: to scare someone half to death Z kreskówki 'ghostbusters: Cambell: It's about time, ghostbusters. Some cheeky ghost has broken all my best china, rearranged my furniture and scared little Pifies half to death. Du, du, du, baby, du, du, du, baby. Peter: Too bad it didn't work on the other half. Pifies to imie jej pieska. Jak byscie przetlumaczyli to co odpowiada Peter. dzieki	meg17 KudoZ activity Questions: 39 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Polish translation:szkoda, że tylko "prawie" Explanation: Jeśli "wystraszyć prawie na śmierć", to jest odpowiedź na pytanie, nie tłumaczenie. Jak dla mnie brzmi świetnie, i oddaje głębię uczuć między pieskiem a Peterem.	Selected response from: Adrian Liszewski Poland Local time: 16:12
Grading comment Selected automatically based on peer agreement. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided
3 +7	szkoda, że tylko "prawie"	Adrian Liszewski
4 +1	przestraszyć/wystraszyć kogoś prawie na śmierć	Rafal Piotrowski
4 +1	przstraszyć kogoś na śmierć	Edyta Grozowska
4	być na wpół żywym ze strachu	olyander
3	przestraszył niemalże na śmierć	Stanislaw Czech, MCIL CL

Discussion entries: 2
Karolina Cichocka 14:06 Feb 21, 2012  A może trzy ćwierci do śmierci? I szkoda, że nie zadziałało na ostatnią ćwiartkę. Jerzy Matwiejczuk Na 13:44 Feb 21, 2012  wpół do śmierci:-) Automatic update in 00:

  

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7 mins   confidence: peer agreement (net): +1

przestraszyć/wystraszyć kogoś prawie na śmierć Explanation: Moim zdaniem :) R.	Rafal Piotrowski United Kingdom Local time: 15:12 Works in field Native speaker of: Polish PRO pts in category: 35
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  Olga Kozak 17 mins   -> Thx :) neutral  Edyta Grozowska: Wszystko super extra, tylko że pytanie dotyczy właściwie odpowiedzi na to zdanie. Radzę uważnie przeczytać wpis pytającego ;) 27 mins   -> Można się spierać, ale pax :)
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8 mins   confidence:

przestraszył niemalże na śmierć Explanation: odp. - szkoda, że przestał/skończył za wcześnie	Stanislaw Czech, MCIL CL United Kingdom Local time: 15:12 Specializes in field Native speaker of: Polish PRO pts in category: 220
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22 mins   confidence: peer agreement (net): +1

przstraszyć kogoś na śmierć Explanation: Cambell: Ten duch ... przestraszył mojego małego Pifiego na śmierć! Peter: Szkoda, że nieskutecznie. ;-)	Edyta Grozowska Poland Local time: 16:12 Works in field Native speaker of: Polish PRO pts in category: 12
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  Rafal Piotrowski: O, ładnie :) 3 hrs
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43 mins   confidence: peer agreement (net): +7

szkoda, że tylko "prawie" Explanation: Jeśli "wystraszyć prawie na śmierć", to jest odpowiedź na pytanie, nie tłumaczenie. Jak dla mnie brzmi świetnie, i oddaje głębię uczuć między pieskiem a Peterem.	Adrian Liszewski Poland Local time: 16:12 Native speaker of: Polish PRO pts in category: 17
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  Anna Golias: Zgadzam się. Właśnie tak bym to przetłumaczyła. 2 mins agree  Stanislaw Czech, MCIL CL 43 mins agree  Andrzej Mierzejewski 1 hr agree  allp 4 hrs agree  Polangmar 5 hrs agree  Evonymus (Ewa Kazmierczak) 5 hrs agree  Rafal Piotrowski: Lepsze zdecydowanie, confiteor. BTW: czemu żaba podstawia nogę, gdy konie kują? ;) 1 day 8 hrs   -> Świetne porzekadło, muszę je zapamiętać:)
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być na wpół żywym ze strachu Explanation: może tak	olyander Local time: 16:12 Native speaker of: Polish
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